Amazon Layoffs Rumor Gains Momentum as HR Workers Turn Targets
Rumors of Amazon layoffs are floating around once more, and the numbers are far from reassuring. New reports suggest that the e-commerce giant is preparing its workforce reduction plans as we speak, with employees from the People Experience and Technology division at the center of the change. The division oversees the HR proceedings of the organization, which includes recruitment and employee management for the vast majority of the company’s ranks.
With the smaller scale of layoffs we’ve seen at Amazon over the course of this year, the additional downsizing efforts don’t come as a surprise, but the decision to cut jobs in HR roles could be a telling sign of more to come. With the push for AI-powered operations gaining momentum, Amazon’s rumored HR workforce cuts could be a result of the reduced hiring and employee management needs of the company.
The signs of Amazon’s massive HR cuts were first brought to light by Fortune, as two sources told its reporters that the People eXperience Technology team (PXT) was set to be targeted by its workforce reduction plans. The layoff rumors from Amazon suggest that almost 15% of the HR staff could be affected by the cuts, making the numbers a worrying prospect for many.
The PXT division employs around 10,000 workers globally, and its operations, while HR-centric, often extend beyond its traditional borders to technology-based staff as well. Additionally, apart from Amazon’s PXT layoffs, sources suggested that other teams could also be hit in the coming weeks, although the departments and the scale of the cuts remain unknown.
Amazon workers have not been immune to the layoff trends that have taken over at a number of large-scale businesses this year. From cuts in its Kindle and podcast divisions all the way to Amazon Web Services, many employees have been let go in 2025. Despite this, the job cuts have occurred on a smaller scale when compared to other tech giants, and especially compared to the cuts in preceding years, when up to 27,000 roles were eliminated.
